On this day in history - Today, May, 14

Today in History

• 1973 Skylab blasts off into orbit

  The United States' first space station crashed back to Earth on July 11, 1979, four years ahead of s

• 1970 The Red Army Faction (RAF) begins operations

  The German left-wing activist group grew out of the peace and anti-imperialist movement of the 1960s

• 1955 The Warsaw Pact is established

  Eight communist bloc countries signed the mutual defense treaty, which played an important role duri

• 1948 Israel becomes an independent state

  The announcement by Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, triggered a 10-month armed conflict known as t

• 1796 The first smallpox vaccination is administered

  The British physician, Edward Jenner, successfully inoculated an 8-year-old smallpox patient using m